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The dinosaurs of the Douglas County School Board
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Innovation in education is happening across the United States, but unfortunately there are those who want to stand in the way of progress and cling to the past here in Colorado. And no one represents the past these days better than the Douglas County School Board, which recently voted to end a scholarship program that would have…
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Douglas County school board ends controversial voucher program
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The Douglas County school board Monday put to bed the district’s controversial Choice Scholarship program, ending a six-year battle to set up the nation’s only district-approved voucher program. The vote to end the voucher program, and the legal battle that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, was unanimous: six to nothing. One…
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Americans for Prosperity Colorado to try one last time to save voucher program in DougCo
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Is there any way to save the Douglas County voucher program from its all-but-certain demise on Monday? Americans for Prosperity Colorado (AFP), which spent “six figures” during the election season trying to persuade voters to support the then-board majority’s reform efforts, announced Friday it would try. David Ray, president of the Douglas County board of…
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DougCo board wastes no time, will deal with voucher program Monday
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The Douglas County school board plans to discuss and potentially end the district’s controversial voucher program in a special meeting on Monday, Dec. 4. Board President David Ray announced that the board would take up the voucher program on Monday at the end of the board’s Tuesday night meeting, which included the swearing-in of four…
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DougCo school board likely to move quickly on voucher repeal
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The clock is ticking for a decision by the Douglas County School District Board of Education on its controversial voucher program. The election earlier this month of four anti-voucher candidates reshaped the board from 4-3 in favor of vouchers to 7-0 against, means that the voucher program is all but certain to be trash-canned –…
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Elevate Douglas County slate insists it is not pro-voucher
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For the past three months, a slate of four candidates, known as Elevate Douglas County, has championed the issue of “school choice” as they prepare for Tuesday’s election. The term “school choice,” according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, is just one way to describe vouchers, which is the biggest issue for voters to…
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Spending by outside groups alone for Colorado school board races exceeds $2 million
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Outside groups trying to sway voters with mailers, phone calls and yard signs on the Colorado’s two most controversial school board elections have now spent more than $2 million, with more than $1 million spent in a little more than two weeks in October. The spending has strongly favored pro-charter candidates in the races for…
